Password Protected Sharing turning on by itself.

Password Protected Sharing turning on by itself.

Windows 8 computer, webroot secure anywhere antivirus.
Password protected sharing is off. With no interaction, turns on.
Has happened a couple of times, not certain of the cause.
Anyone else had this happened and what fix was applied?
Thanks
Rick

You could try a different anti-virus or use Windows Defender that comes with Windows 8.1, see if that solves the problem. If yes see if there is a setting in Webroot that you can turn off or on to resolve this.

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